74 Language Through Nature 



In blue, green, yellow, orange, red, 



They made a pretty row. 

 They wiped the cloud tears all away, 



And then, from out the sky 

 Upon a line the sunbeam made, 



They hung their gowns to dry. 



Lizzie M. Hadley. 



When the word O is used it is written as a capital letter. 

 Find this word in the poem. 



What contraction do you find in this poem ? 



What helped the little clouds to fly so fast ? 



When clouds begin to cry what do we say is happening ? 



Quote the words that tell what Father Sun said to the 

 little clouds. Who are the " fairy folk" sent by Father Sun 

 to dry the clouds' tears ? 



Name the colors of the fairies' dresses. When these fairies 

 hang out their dresses in the sky what do we say that we see ? 



When Hiawatha saw this he whispered : 



"What is that, Nokomis?" 



And the good Nokomis answered: 



"'Tis the heaven of flowers you see there; 



All the wild-flowers of the forest, 



All the lilies of the prairie, 



When on earth they fade and perish, 



Blossom in that heaven above us." 



From "Hiawatha," by Henry W. Longfellow. 



